Conductor Challenges Embezzlement Allegations
A streetcar conductor accused of stealing from the Tacoma Railway & Power Company demands specifics from the county.
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C. S. Ryder, a street car conductor arrested some time ago on the charge of embezzling $50 from the Tacoma Railway & Power company, has, through his attorneys, J. J. Anderson and Thomas Mattison, asked to have the county attorney file more definite charges against him. As it now stands, the charge does not give any particular date when he is said to have taken the money.
“As it now stands, the charge does not give any particular date when he is said to have taken the money.”
The right to know the specific details of a criminal charge is a bedrock of the justice system; here, we see a worker using the legal system to hold a major utility company and the state to that standard.
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